AOC Q27G4SM pushes Mini LED gaming monitors into a new performance tier

The AOC Q27G4SM is a brand-new gaming monitor featuring an ultra-fast and ultra-bright display. The model is built around a 27-inch Fast IPS display panel with a QHD resolution and a Mini LED backlight paired with a Quantum Dot Color layer. With a full‑array Mini LED backlight with 1152 independently controlled zones and a total of 4608 mini LEDs, the screen delivers 700 nits of HDR brightness…

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Asus ROG Strix XG259QNSR Ace and Asus ROG Strix XG259QNSR-W Ace debut with 420Hz displays

The Asus ROG Strix XG259QNSR Ace and Asus ROG Strix XG259QNSR-W Ace are the black and white colorways of one and the same monitor that has just been launched by Asus. It arrives with a tournament‑grade 420 Hz refresh rate (OC) and a minimum 0.3 ms response time, positioning it among the fastest IPS monitors currently available. The 24.5-inch Fast IPS display has an FHD resolution and is paired…

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Goldkey secures NT$3.6 billion loan to expand AI server memory business

Goldkey Technology has completed and signed a three-year syndicated loan worth NT$3.6 billion (US$111.3 million) to support inventory growth and working capital needs tied to AI servers and other high-demand markets. The Taiwan memory module maker said the financing will also back materials purchases as it prepares to expand its high-end RDIMM business in the second half of 2026.

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Middlemen emerge as ASEAN’s No. 2 AI compute buyers

In the AI computing race, Nvidia AI server chips remain red-hot, even as the US-China trade confrontation shows no sign of easing. Although Shopee and YTL Group are among the biggest buyers of AI chips for data centers, industry sources familiar with ASEAN semiconductor distribution say many mid-sized “middlemen” have effectively become ASEAN’s second-largest compute buyers, lending fresh credibility to earlier claims of black-market GPU smuggling and proxy buyers.

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